Airplane Crash - Puertos Lobos, Argentina 08/17/1966
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Puertos Lobos, Argentina
| Date | 08/17/1966 |
| Time | 18:30 |
| Location | Puertos Lobos, Argentina |
| Operator | Aerovias Halcon |
| Route | Rio Gallegos - Buenos Aires |
| Type | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU |
| Registration | LV-GLA |
| Cn/In | 22534 |
| Aboard | 16 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | Ditched in the ocean after running out of fuel after a problem caused excessive fuel consumption. Decision to continue a flight with both engines impaired until ditching at night became inevitable, instead of making an emergency daytime landing on any of the various runways in the area at a time when the situation made it clear that this operation was inevitable. |
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